It’s the best time of year for sporting fans, with an Ashes series just wrapped up, AFL and NRL finals underway and the Rugby World Cup coming up soon.

We’ve got a big episode of the Game of Codes for you today, with a full breakdown of the fourth Ashes Test, a look ahead to the fifth Test, before we look back at the first week of AFL finals and finish off in the NRL.

First up, we’re joined by Roar cricket expert Glenn Mitchell to examine Joe Root’s comments on Australia’s Ashes series triumph – was Steve Smith really the only reason we won?

We then look ahead to the fifth and final Test – is it time to drop David Warner? How should we approach the big game?

It’s AFL finals next on the agenda, with Roar AFL expert Marnie Cohen jumping on to talk the biggest winners from Week 1 of September.

We finish off in the NRL, where Roar rugby league expert and editor Scott Pryde jumps on to make a call on which non-finalist is the best chance to rebound next season.

England’s 2005 Ashes team ball tampered, their former captain Mike Atherton ball tampered and another ex-skipper, Michael Vaughan, has suggested both James Anderson and Stuart Broad were involved in ball tampering.